... anyone from continuing his work. He serves as history's first martyr for philosophy, refusing to abandon his principles to save his own life. His student, Plato, is one of the only links between our world and the work of Socrates. His Life Socrates was born in 470 B.C., in Athens, Greece. His ... pride. When the Oracle at Delphi claimed that no one was wiser than Socrates, he responded by attempting to disprove the prophecy. Although Plato never mentioned it, some think Socrates received special access to the Oracle to test its powers. If he did, he continued to disprove ... antityranni...

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... infanticide. Some studies postulate that the average Greek family consisted of two boys and one girl, statistically an unnatural figure. Both Aristotle and Plato, famous Greek philosophers, suggested that the age of marriage be postponed thereby limiting the childbearing years for women. Then, if the number of ... present in ancient Greece. In some areas unmarried daughters were expected to get an abortion to save themselves and their fathers from dishonor. Plato thought that the state should mandate that all pregnancies needed to be aborted in women over the age of forty. While the famo...

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... stages from fish in the water. Palos thought that life started with water, which eventually evolved into humans. Phenophenes noticed fossils and thought that we evolved from those past beings. Plato thought that the human soul was like the stars and that we came from the stars then returned to them after death. And finally, Hippocrates asked if life started with ... water, fire, or some other element. B. Compare and contrast the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. Plato and Aristotle both had ideas that have an enduring impact on philosophy and civilization. Plato believed that there w...

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... Rousseau, who each argued for a slightly different version of the Social Contract Theory, largely popularized the idea. However, Socrates first introduced the idea in Plato's dialogue the Crito, sections 50a-54d. The Social Contract Theory basically states that every citizen of a state is said to implicitly agree to a ... with the theory or not. "The only passage I meet with in antiquity where the obligation of obedience is ascribed to a promise is in Plato's Crito, where Socrates refuses to escape from prison because he had tacitly promised to obey the laws." (Hume, 1748) Philosophers ...

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... 't go around making people drop their beliefs in the gods and follow his beliefs. If people wanted to listen he allowed them to listen to his thoughts and ideas. Throughout Plato, The Apology, Socrates is trying to reason with the gentlemen of the court and to make them understand that either way he will win. He uses cross-examination to prove ... his points and that is exactly what a sophist would do. In section F of the Apology in Plato, Socrates cross-examines Meletus to get his point across. Meletus stated that Socrates does not believe in any gods, but he starts to contradict himsel...

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... ) Herodotus notes many acts of sexual freedom among tyrants in his works. Periander had relations with his deceased wife while Cambyses participated in incest with his own sister. The philosopher Plato records such acts of sexual freedom when he writes of the tyrant, Gyges, who wore a magical ring. The ring provided him with the power "to take without fear whatever he ... ...

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... will be stated and only use my interpretation as one of many ways that you may look through a spectrum and make a thought. Both statements to be looked at come from Plato's, Gorgias. The first to be looked at is as follows " I would rather that my lyre, or some chorus in which I would sing, be out of tune and discordant, or that ... ...

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